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Accompanying event to the British Library’s ‘Shakespeare in Ten Acts’ exhibition. The panellists discuss the political themes within Shakespeare’s plays and consider how he voiced the political...
Comedy thriller set in a small theatrical company. To director Roberto the events bring back childhood memories when he witnessed a murder in the same theatre. However, Roberto’s eccentric elderly aunt has...
Feature film. In a small village in western Jutland, John leads an isolated life as a grave-digger. During the winter a city school teacher coaches the tiny population is an amateur production of Hamlet....
Feature film. King Shahdov (Chaplin) is a deposed monarch exiled in New York without money. He becomes involved with Ann Kay (Addams) who hosts a television show, and soon becomes a celebrity. Befriending a...
Made for television film. The play is set in the late 1940s, and tells the story about an official in a small mountain village and his attempt to put on a production of Hamlet. It was interpreted as a sharp...
Arts anthology series presented by Melvyn Bragg. A record of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s regional tour in 1979. Follows the Company on tour from Redruth in Cornwall to Stirling in Scotland with...
Television documentary in which presenter Derek Hart looks at the variety of music inspired by Shakespeare’s work. A small group of actors enacts some of the scenes. Includes music by Hubert Parry, Herbert...
Experimental short fiction film. The film’s website summary reads: ‘After facing certain death, Will finds himself alone in the desert and suffering from short term amnesia. Will’s memory slowly...
Video recording of the 1994 stage production of Hamlet directed by István Somogyi with Sándor Terhes in the title role.
Radio broadcast. Austrian-born American dance historian Walter Sorell interviews Maurice Evans on his opinions about adapting Shakespeare for television. They talk about the recent renaissance of Shakespeare...
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